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...developed its own program, but some companies are hiring outsiders. Packaging and specialty-chemical giant MeadWestvaco, for instance, chose Virgin HealthMiles, a Richard Branson brainchild, to design a wellness regimen centered on pedometers, which count employees' steps. The pedometers are linked to a computer system that converts the steps into "healthmiles" - points that can be exchanged for up to $500 a year in cash or gift cards from merchants like Target and Bed Bath & Beyond. "You look out the window here at lunchtime and see people with pedometers on, walking all over the place," says Greg Williams, the company...
...plan would make the health benefits that companies provide their workers count as taxable income, and then use that money to provide tax credits with which individuals could purchase their own health coverage. Economist Douglas Holtz-Eakin, who advised the McCain campaign, said the new plan goes further than previous Republican offerings. For instance, it would provide new incentives for insurers to offer coverage to people who now have trouble buying it because they have pre-existing health conditions. It also puts more emphasis on preventive care and sets up "state exchanges" - similar to the one now operating in Massachusetts...
...arrest of four alleged terrorism plotters in the Riverdale section of New York City was the culmination of a painstaking 10-month FBI investigation. Each of the four men is charged with one count of conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction within the U.S., which carries a maximum penalty of life in prison, and one count of conspiracy to acquire and use anti-aircraft missiles, which carries a maximum penalty of life in prison and a mandatory minimum of 25 years in prison. According to officials in the FBI and New York City, here's how the plot unfolded...
...General Education committee—which approved approximately 150 of 221 total classes that will count for Gen Ed credit this past spring—is readying the new curriculum for full implementation in the fall, as a new Gen Ed office prepares to move into fresh quarters in the Holyoke Center. Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education Stephanie H. Kenen will serve as the administrative director of the new Gen Ed office, and Dean of Undergraduate Education Jay M. Harris, who also chairs the Gen Ed committee, will serve as its faculty director. The Gen Ed office will absorb...
...sons, in turn, have come under fire for allegedly using their famous family name to close a lucrative land deal. Even the army has been shaken by accusations that soldiers killed as many as 1,600 civilians and dressed them up as guerrillas to run up the body count and earn cash bonuses. "Uribe already has too much power. He controls the legislature. He has growing influence on the judiciary," says Daniel Coronell, a columnist and TV journalist. "A third term for Uribe would be dangerous for Colombian democracy...